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Auckland, New Zealand: Methen Publications (NZ), 1979. 214pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards minimally shelfworn only. Textblock edges lightly flecked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and noticeably colour-faded on spine (no text loss). 'Out Of The Bag' is the enthralling autobiography of larger-than-life, physically-imposing, multi-media New Zealand… Read more about this item

Auckland, New Zealand: Alternative Cinema Magazine, 1984. 49pp. Intext, b/white (mostly) halftone plate illustrations throughout. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format magazine. Staples clean and tight. Magazine clean. Monochrome, illustrated paper wrapper scuiffed and lightly bumped only. A former owner's name and date on title/contents page, else textblock mildly bumped on upper foredge corner. Issued quarterly in New Zealand, this Summer 1983/84… Read more about this item

North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia: Cassell Australia, 1980. 189pp., plus (iii). Monochrome, art-patterned endpapers. Intext, b/white halftone plates and sketch-illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted. Plain burgundy boards lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a minor unobtrusive stain on plain verso. 'Curtain Call' as told by Nancye Bridges (b.1922-d.1998) to Frank… Read more about this item

London: A & C Black, 2005. 126pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Minor bumps on illustrated card wrapper, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. This book is a most helpful guide for anyone facing the challenging process of auditions and casting interviews for drama courses, parts in films, TV, commercials, theatre and more . . . Contents include: Prelims. Introduction.… Read more about this item

Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2019. 288pp., intext, b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper trivially bumped only. Textblock unmarked. With her 'trademark' deadpan humour, South-African born (1976), New Zealand/Australia based comedian Urzila Carlson's memoir is full of ripping yarns about both the big and the little things in life .… Read more about this item

Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Citadel Press, 1995. 255pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. History and criticism of cult science fiction films. Contents include: Introduction, The Films (74 in total), Photo Credits, Index. Book weight approx. 842g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges… Read more about this item

New York: Harrison House, 1991. 224pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Quarter-cloth spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain boards negligibly bumped at foot of rear panel. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly surface-scuffed. "A nostalgic look at Hollywood in the magical 1930s, when Tinseltown was America's dreamland. From the original editions of Photoplay, Motion Picture, Modern Screen, Silver Screen, Screenland,… Read more about this item

London: Beaver Books, 1986. 96pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease, minor edgewear. "The author, who has worked on 'Doctor Who' for many years, takes you behind the scenes of this most famous of all science fiction series . . . " Book weight approx. 362g. Postage charge… Read more about this item

Devon, England: David & Charles, 1985. 152pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain grey boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. Technical sections by Jan Bussell. "From China, India, Greece, Russia and many other countries come the puppets in extraordinary variety -Shadows, Rods, Strings and Gloves. On this varied… Read more about this item

London: Orion Media, 1997. 216pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft reading crease to front panel and is mildly scuffed. "Unbelievable true stories of amazing romantic excess in the glitziest city in the world. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Stephanie Beacham, Gena Lee Nolin and Alexandra Paul, Charlie Sheen… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hachette, 2008. 315pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "Bella knew there must be more to life than a series of casual jobs working for increasingly freakish bosses and drinking tea in her Glebe kitchen each night. An actor by trade, she scraped together enough money for a one-way ticket… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1994. xii, + 207pp., colour illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards nominally scuffed only. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket in excellent condition. Introduction by William Shatner. "A unique commemorative volume . . . this ultimate, deluxe collector's edition features personal accounts, anecdotes, and full-colour photographs… Read more about this item

New York: Crescent Books, 1995. 92pp., printed endpapers. Colour plate frontispiece, plus intext colour plates (and a few b/white) throughout (all film stills). Book clean and square. Spine firm, red metallic title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Text-block unmarked. Illustrated (montage-style) dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. A page-by-page journey with the 'best characters in the Science Fiction universe'. Contents include: Prelims.,… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1993. viii, + 184pp., (mostly) small b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a tiny corner crease to front panel, else very good. " . . . a comprehensive history of the incredible Star Trek universe . . . documents every important event from every Star Trek episode and… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Grove Press, 1984. xix, + 244pp., plus 12 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Two miniscule pen dots to last page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, tiny corner crease to rear panel. A stand-alone title in the 'Grove Press Modern Dramatists' series. "In the late 1960s a number of startling… Read more about this item

Australia: New Holland, 2008. 255pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Hollywood's happiest TV personality, Nelson Aspen, shares his insights and secrets in this show-and-tell-all collection of anecdotes from behind the velvet ropes . . . " Book weight approx. 520g.. First Australian… Read more about this item

New York and London: Applause, 2000. 416pp., intext b/white halftone plates throughout (mostly scene stills). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over tight spine. Plain cloth boards undamaged. Text-block pristine. Colour, pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. A comprehensive pictorial and statistical record of the 1999 United States movie season, which includes complete credits for the films, selected biographical notes,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1989. 241pp., plus (35), intext b/white halftone plates throughout (mostly film stills). Book clean. Quarter-cloth spine slightly cocked. Boards nominally bumped. Metallic red titles. Text-block clean and unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated price-clipped and trivially bumped. Volume 40 of this keenly awaited annual publication is a comprehensive pictorial and statistical record of the 1988 United States… Read more about this item

Buckingham, U.K.: Open University Press, 2000. viii, + 207pp., b/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn. " . . . carves a path through the complex histories and issues of film and cinema studies and vividly explores these in their social and political contexts . . . " Contents include: Intro.,… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009. x, + 256pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour, photographically illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, minor reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has small, soft corner crease, negligible scuffs. "Richard Hammond is turning forty . . . In this immensely appealing book Richard is at his best as he faces the… Read more about this item